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AMFELS Keppel, Brownsville TX

Keppel AMFELS was originally established in 1971 by Marathon Manufacturing, to supplement the capacity of its Vicksburg facility: it was renamed Marathon LeTourneau in 1975 when Marathon teamed up with LeTourneau Engineering. After the collapse of the offshore market in the mid-1980s, the yard was sold to local investors called Allison/McDermid, but when the market picked up again in 1991, Keppel FELS bought it and renamed it AMFELS, the AM standing for the previous owners, but they changed it to Keppel AmFELS in 2004, the Am standing for American. Visit the company at www.keppelfels.com.sg and see an aerial view of the yard on Google here. Note that LeTourneau had a single series of hull numbers regardless of where a rig was built: the list below is believed to be complete, despite the many breaks in the numbering. See the LeTourneau table for the full list. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 26 December 2020.

Hull# O.N. Original Name Original Owner Rig Type GT Ft. Price ($mm) Delivery Disposition
Built by Marathon Manufacturing
41 BND Tug No. 1 Brownsville Nav. Dist. Towboat 91 60 1972 Active
42 543039 BND Tug No. 2 Brownsville Nav. Dist. Towboat 91 60 1972 Active
Ste. Genevieve Norman Bros. Towboat 1972 Now Landon Young
548851 John C. Byrd Ole Man River Towing Towboat 486 126 1973 Now Thomas Golding
558719 Tallahatchie W. & M. Transportation Towboat 549 114 1974 Now Bethany Dawn
58 7367457 Pentagone 82 Forex Neptune Semi-Submersible 7,365 325 23 Oct-73 Now Pride Mexico
Built by Marathon LeTourneau
66 562372 Penrod 71 Penrod Drilling Semi-Submersible 21,503 288 Feb-75 Now Petrobras 27
67 8753665 Penrod 72 Penrod Drilling Semi-Submersible 20,390 288 20 Sep-75 Now Molly Brown
73 8753691 Penrod 75 Penrod Drilling Semi-Submersible 20,048 288 Aug-76 Now Estesco
88 568267 Shenandoah Atwood Oceanics Jack-Up 5,403 248 Nov-75 Now Kedarnath
93 8752142 Key Largo Key International Jack-Up 7,345 247 May-76 Now Pride Wisconsin
96 574668 Penrod 68 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 7,208 250 Oct-76 Now Ensco 68
117 583169 W. D. Kent Reading & Bates Jack-Up 5,837 300 Jul-77 Active
120 589096 Penrod 98 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 4,631 200 Dec-77 Now Noble Ed Noble
123 587762 Texas Star Jack-Up 2,272 148 Dec-77 Now Perro Negro 4
126 595116 Galveston Key Key International Jack-Up 6,100 248 Jul-78 Now GSF Galveston Key
129 599308 Mr. Dave Fluor Drilling Jack-Up 4,158 207 Nov-78 Now Ocean Columbia
130 601699 Randolph Yost Reading & Bates Jack-Up 4,702 243 Feb-79 Active
132 607238 Western Triton II Western Oceanic Jack-Up 4,572 207 Jun-79 Now Noble Earl Frederickson
137 613747 Western Triton III Western Oceanic Jack-Up 3,847 207 Nov-79 Now Sonora
138 8756540 Gulfstream Chiles Offshore Jack-Up 2,272 148 30 Aug-79 Now Rig 26
144 8756370 Trident IV Sedco Forex Jack-Up 5,876 243 Mar-80 Active
146 621977 Keyes 250 Keyes Drilling Jack-Up 4,072 207 May-80 Now Ensco 97
152 625086 Gulfwind Chiles Offshore Jack-Up 2,503 153 Aug-80 Wrecked 2005
158 629256 Key Manhattan Key International Jack-Up 6,334 243 Dec-80 Now GSF Key Manhattan
160 631075 Glomar High Island V Global Marine Jack-Up 4,659 206 Feb-81 Now GSF High Island V
161 636550 Glomar Adriatic I Global Marine Jack-Up 4,776 233 Jun-81 Now GSF Adriatic I
162 640037 Glomar Adriatic II Global Marine Jack-Up 4,776 233 Sep-81 Now GSF Adriatic II
165 634110 Penrod 86 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 4,783 207 Dec-81 Now Ensco 86
168 645637 Penrod 88 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 4,699 200 Mar-82 Now Ensco 88
169 647859 Penrod 90 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 4,699 200 Jun-82 Now Ensco 90
175 652063 Rowan Halifax Rowan Drilling Jack-Up 6,456 243 Dec-82 Active
182 653116 Seabee Chiles Offshore Jack-Up 4,843 207 Nov-82 Now Noble Tom Jobe
212 663783 Glomar Baltic I Global Marine Jack-Up 10,529 270 Dec-83 Now GSF Baltic I
214 682070 Penrod 99 Penrod Drilling Jack-Up 4,631 200 May-85 Now Ensco 99
Built by AMFELS
163 Maersk Rig 21 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 1991 Now GP-21
164 Maersk Rig 22 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 1992 Now GP-22
165 Maersk Rig 51 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 1,781 190 1994 Now Rig 12
166 Maersk Rig 52 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 1,781 190 1994 Now Rig 52
167 Maersk Rig 61 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 2,864 200 Dec-94 Now Rig 61
168 Maersk Rig 62 Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 2,864 200 Jan-95 Now Rig 62
City of New York Skimmer Vessel 1993 Active
172 1037624 Margaret Sue Martin Gas Marine Tank Barge 6,179 432 Feb-96 Active
67 1056225 B.B.C. Barge No. 2 Brownsville Barge & Crane Deck Barge 220 Aug-97 Active
105 B.B.C. Barge No. 5 Brownsville Barge & Crane Deck Barge 200 Feb-99 Inactive
115 1089972 B.B.C. Falcon Brownsville Barge & Crane Derrick Barge 823 140 Mar-00 Active
135 1103983 B.B.C. Eagle Brownsville Barge & Crane Derrick Barge 757 134 Jan-01 Active
178 8764420 Chiles Columbus Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 92 May-99 Later Ensco 74, destroyed 2008
179 8764626 Chiles Magellan Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 92 Oct-99 Later Ensco 75, Valaris JU-75
180 8764212 Maersk Pioneer Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 3,075 200 Oct-98 Now Pioneer
181 Maersk Pathfinder Maersk Venezuela Drilling Barge 3,075 200 Dec-98 Now Pathfinder
182 1122763 Q4000 Caldive International Multi-Purpose Ship 14,802 312 156 Apr-02 Active
183 Prince TLP El Paso Production Tension Leg P'form 216 3-Aug-01 Active
187 8765163 Chiles Galileo Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 3-Oct-02 Later Ensco 105, Valaris JU-105, scrapped
Built by Keppel AmFELS
188 8765165 Central Tonala Perforadora Central KFELS-B Jack-Up 19-Feb-04 Now Tonala
189 Mexico Ha-Ku-M Petroleos Mexicanos Accomm Platform 13-Oct-06 Active
190 Mexico Ha-Ku-S Petroleos Mexicanos Accomm Platform 29-Nov-06 Active
191 914528 Red Hook City of New York Sludge Carrier 3,135 350 333 7-Nov-08 Active
193 8768452 Offshore Courageous Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 31-May-07 Now West Courageous
194 8768335 Ocean Scepter Diamond Offshore KFELS-B Jack-Up 10,200 236 31-Jul-08 Later Shelf Drilling Scepter
195 8768476 Offshore Resolute Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 25-Apr-08 Later West Resolute, now Shelf Drilling Resourceful
196 8768464 Offshore Defender Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 2-Nov-07 Now West Defender
197 8768830 Offshore Vigilant Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 10-Sep-08 Now West Vigilant
198 8768842 Offshore Intrepid Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 23-Jan-09 Now West Intrepid
199 8769078 Atwood Aurora Atwood Oceanics Super 116E Jack-Up 7,366 150 22-Dec-08 Later Ensco 112, Valaris JU-142
200 8770132 Tuxpan Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 233 195 2-Feb-10 Active
201 9584451 Rowan EXL I Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 30-Apr-10 Active
202 8771150 Rowan EXL II Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 29-Aug-10 Later Valaris JU-144
203 8770211 Rowan EXL III Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 28-Dec-10 Later Valaris JU-145
204 8770223 Rowan EXL IV Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 1-Sep-11 Active
205 9621443 Papaloapan Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 233 195 12-Apr-13 Active
206 9659294 Coatzalcoalcos Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 205 25-Nov-14 Active
208 9714044 Uxpanapa Perforadora Central KFELS-B Jack-Up 7,307 240 14-Jul-16 Active
316 1236710 Sea Wolf South Coast Maritime Deck Barge 299 120 5-Mar-11 Active
317 1234118 Sea Dragon South Coast Maritime Deck Barge 299 120 31-Dec-11 Active
307 1256368 Atlantic Giant II South Coast Maritime Crane Barge 3,553 225 26-May-14 Active
326 1289010 George III Pasha Hawaiian Containership 774 Building
327 1289008 Janet Marie Pasha Hawaiian Containership 774 Building
Pasha Hawaiian Containership 774 Option
Pasha Hawaiian Containership 774 Option
Charybdis Dominion Energy Wind Turbine Inst. Vessel 472 Building

 

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